noun
- a small shrimp-like marine crustacean with a slender body and long antennae
Usage: zoology
Examples
- The mysid swam gracefully through the water column.
- Researchers collected mysids from the coastal waters for their study.
- Fish often feed on mysids in shallow marine environments.
- The mysid’s transparent body made it difficult to spot in the aquarium.
- Mysids are important members of the marine food web.
- The scientist identified several species of mysids in the plankton sample.